Lutz Behnke wrote:
>
> Alan Pogrebinschi wrote:
> >
> [..]
> > PS: off topic: My company is located in Brazil and our server is in the US.
> > I never know for sure if I should use the international or U.S. versions of
> > crypto software. Anyone knows?
>
> You may use the US version on the server, but if you are doing any
> encrypted
> operations from brazil you will have to ensure that you are not using
> any
> strong encryption while doing so. So it depends on what you are doing
> from your
> server. If it is web-stuff, a US server might help, since you
> US-custemers
> might be able to use strong encryption. If your customers are ouside
> US/Can
> then you might want to avoid the hassles as nobody can connect to it
> anyway.
>
Excuse me if I misunderstand this. Why shouldn't I be able to connect
to a strong encrypted service? I am not living in the US.
A service provider inside the US might violate this export regulation
while providing service to me. That does not limit my rights at the
other side of the wire. Or am I missing something?
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